As a first and leading principle,
let every transaction be of that pure and honest character that you
would not be ashamed to have appear before the whole world as
clearly as to yourself. In addition to the advantages arising from
an honest course of conduct with your fellow-men, there is the
satisfaction of reflecting within yourself that you have endeavored
to do your duty; and however greatly the best may fall short of
doing all they ought, they will be sure not to do more than their
principles enjoin.
It is, therefore, of the highest consequence that you should not
only cultivate correct principles, but that you should place your
standard of action so high as to require great vigilance in living
up to it.
In regard to your business transactions, let every thing be so
registered in your books, that any person, without difficulty, can
understand the whole of your concerns. You may be cut off in the
midst of your pursuits, and it is of no small consequence that your
temporal affairs should always be so arranged that you may be in
readiness.
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